Paring knife and corer



Feb. 4, 1930. P. mesms 1,745,675

PARING KNIFE AND COREH Filed Sept. 15, 1927 IN V EN TOR.

ATTORNEYS.

PIERRE HIGGINS- Patented Feb. 4', 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PIERRE HIGGINS, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS PARING KNIFE AND CORER Application filed September 15. 1927. Serial No. 219,682.

My invention relates to paring knives and p I more particularly to a device or lmplement a v for utilizing discarded razor blades for parexplained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointedout in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of'this applica-.

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' Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a paring and coring knife. Fig. 2 is a view of the opposite side of the same knife.

.25 Fig. 3 is a transverse section, taken on the line 3-3, of Fig.2.,

' 'Fig. 4 is a sideelevation of the blade carrier and coring member.

F 1g. 5 1s a perspective view of a clamp for co-operating with the blade carrier.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

The knife is provided with a handle 1 and a carrier 2 which is secured to the handle 1.

A corer 3 is formed integral with the carrier 2 and the carrier has two lugs 4 which are preferably integral therewith for holding the blades 5 against shifting movement onthe 40 carrier. The razor blades have two or more holes therethrough and the lugs 4 project through the blades 5. A spring clamp 6 co-operates with the carrier 2 for holding the 7 blades 5. The carrier 2has openings 7 therein. The, clamp 6 has one member 8 of the same dimension as the body of the carrier 2 except that it has no corer and no shank 9. The clamp 6 has a lip 10 bent parallel to the member 8' and spaced therefrom only sufficiently to receive the edge of the carrier 2 The members 8 and 10 have indentations 11 in the sides to form lugs 12 projecting inwardly which are adapted to snap into the openings 7 in the carrier 2. When the blade 5 is placed on the carrier 2 with the lugs 4 projecting through the openings in the blade, the clamp 6 is then sprung on the carrier until the lugs 12 snap into the openings 7' of the carrier 2. In this manner the member 8 of the clamp 6 presses the blade 5 firmly against the carrier 2 and the blade cannot shift laterally on account of the lugs 4. The clamp 6 is thus yieldingly mounted on the carrier and blade and can be removed for the purpose of changing blades.

The knife constructed as above set forth makes an eflicient paring tool and corer and makes use of blades which have heretofore been discarded as worthless.

The knife herein shown can be used for ripping seams of garments by cutting the threads. .Women have been cutting threads in this manner, but they cut their fingers. With a knife of the kind described, there will be no danger of cutting the fingers.

What I claim is 1. A paring knife comprising a carrier having lugs projecting from its inner face for receiving blades thereon and having apertures in the back edge thereof, a blade placed on said carrier and receiving said lugs, a spring clamp having a blade holding member engaging said blade and having a securing member engaging said carrier, and said members having inwardly projecting lugs engaging the apertures in said carrier when the clamp is sprung on said blade and; carrier.

2. A paring knife comprising a handle and a carrier rigid therewith and having rigid lugs projecting from its inner face and having apertures in the back edge thereof, an apertured blade mounted on said carrier and. receiving said lugs, and a spring clamp havinga blade engaging'member co-extensive in Width and length with the body of said carrier and having a carrier engaging member, and said members having inwardly projecting lugs engaging the apertures in saidcarrier When the.c1amp is sprung on said blade and carrier.

PIERRE HIGGINS. 

